A practical treatise on the diseases of the testis and of the spermatic cord and scrotum / by T.B. Curling ; edited by P.B. Goddard.

  • Curling, Thomas Blizard, 1811-1888.
Date:
1843
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    column of mercury when injected. The body and tail of the epididymis are entirely made up of the convolutions of the single canal in which the vasa efferentia terminate, closely connected by cellular tissue. Monro described this canal as gradually increasing in size from the head to the tail, and he estimated its calibre about its middle at *V of an inch. p Lauth states that its size is sub- ject to great irregularities in dif- ferent parts and in different sub- jects. This anatomist has par- ticularly described the convolu- tions of this duct, and has shown *L that they are regularly arranged <J in four series, which successively increase in size, the first being the smallest, and the fourth the largest. The arrangement will be best understood by reference to fig. d. Monro estimated the length of the canal at thirty feet eleven inches. Lauth found its mean length to be nineteen feet four inches eight lines. The parietes of the canal are strong and bear considerable re- sistance. The canal of the epididymis terminates D. Canal of the epididymis partly unravelled to show the four series of inflections which the duct undergoes in the several divisions of the epididymis. o o. First series of inflections. p p. Second series. q (/. Third series. r r. Fourth series.—After Lauth.